American Idol

Well, we're starting with Michael "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" Buffer and the two Davids in boxing gear. So we can forget dignity…

This one's a lulu. Regular watchers know that I've had some fits while Malcolm has stayed cool. This time, not so much. (Thursday evening: I've switched to the YouTube version, which seems to be working better than the one posted here earlier.)

Creedence yes, Ike & Tina no.
I had some trouble getting onto the Rock Hall Web site earlier, but I wanted to check whether tonight's contestants stuck to the hall's "500 songs that shaped rock and roll" list that the hall thought was the basis of tonight's song selection. Now that I've checked, the answer is [...]

This is one of those incredibly rare nights when the question of who is getting voted off is far less interesting than other stuff — specifically, how they handle the Paula disaster from Tuesday night. Theories and speculation have flown all day — it's been blamed on bad notes, confusion re the dress rehearsal, [...]

(Update: Next week is the music of Neil Diamond.)

Every year there comes a point when the "American Idol" votes favor an undeserving contestant over better singers. You can trace the line from Nikki McKibbin to Sanjaya Malakar. And every year, when that happens, someone mutters about the show having turned into a popularity contest instead [...]

Thursday morning: Next week is Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Original Wednesday post:
Because I missed last night's "Idol" telecast (at the Indians game, see below) and today got away from me, I am going try to do a quick rip through last night's Mariah Carey homage and then the results show. …